President Donald Trump said Friday that he might sign an executive order to “get rid” of FEMA and hand over the responsibility of responding to natural disasters to the states.
Trump made the comments during a visit to Asheville, North Carolina, where he met with victims of Hurricane Helene and teased an executive order to completely overhaul FEMA. Western North Carolina was devastated last year when Hurricane Helene brought record flooding to the area, destroying homes and killing more than 100 people.
“I’ll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA. I think, frankly, FEMA is not good,” Trump said. “I think when you have a problem like this, I think you want to … use your state to fix it and not waste time.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “I’ll also be signing an Executive Order to…
